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We Wish You a Merry Christmas (arr. Ritter and Noble)
English carol arranged by John Rutter and Paul Noble
Subtitle: English Traditional Carol
General Info
Year: 1985 / 2014
Duration: c. 1:40
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Carol
Publisher: Bandmusicpdfpublisher
Cost: Score and Parts (digital) - $50.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Percussion, including:
- Glockenspiel
- Snare Drum
SATB Chorus
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This piece was written as a final encore at Christmas concerts when the audience simply refused to go home!
John Rutter created the orchestra; arrangement. Paul Noble arranged Rutter's arrangement for combined concert band and choir, or band alone.
- Program Note from publisher
We Wish You a Merry Christmas is a popular English carol from the West Country of England. In the comprehensive New Oxford Book of Carols (1992), editors Hugh Keyte and Andrew Parrott describe it as "English traditional" and "The remnant of an envoie much used by wassailers and other luck visitors"; no source or date is given. Various print and online sources date the carol to the sixteenth century, without giving a source.
The origin of this Christmas carol lies in the English tradition wherein wealthy people of the community gave Christmas treats to the carolers on Christmas Eve, such as "figgy pudding" that was very much like modern-day Christmas puddings. A variety of nineteenth-century sources state that, in the West Country of England, "figgy pudding" referred to a raisin or plum pudding, not necessarily one containing figs.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- East Tennessee State University (Johnson City) Concert Band (Joe D. Moore, conductor) - 9 December 2019
Works for Winds by This Composer
- All Things Bright and Beautiful (arr. Vertrommen) (2009)
- As the Bridegroom to His Chosen (arr. Vertrommen) (2008)
- Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella (as arranger) (1981)
- Candlelight Carol (arr. Dawson) (1984)
- Distant Land (arr. Noble) (1991/2002/2012)
- Feel the Spirit (arr. Noble) (2001/2015)
- For the Beauty of the Earth (arr. Vertrommen) (2010)
- For the Beauty of the Earth (arr. Dawson) (2009)
- Gloria (arr. Sylvester) (1976)
- Gloria (arr. Noble) (1976/2015)
- Magic Kingdom
- Nativity Carol (arr. Musgrave) (1963/1967/2013)
- Shepherd's Pipe Carol (arr. Noble) (1966/2012)
- Star Carol (arr. Noble) (1972/2012)
- Three American Miniatures
- We Wish You a Merry Christmas (as arranger) (1981)
- We Wish You a Merry Christmas (as arranger, with Noble) (1985/2014)
- What Sweeter Music (arr. Vertrommen) (1988/2010)
- What Sweeter Music (arr. Noble) (1988/2012)
Resources
- John Rutter website Accessed 19 May 2021
- We Wish You a Merry Christmas, Wikipedia